GOProud’s Chris Barron Wishes Gays Would Stop Picking on Bachmann

In a blog post earlier this week, Chris Barron of GOProud took it upon himself to enlighten the rest of us as to why the big, bad, monolithic “Gay Left” is really picking on poor Michele Bachmann (hint: it has nothing to do with the fact that she’s a bigot):

Having followed Congresswoman Bachmann’s career, I am certainly troubled by things she has said and by things she has been purported to have said. However, the attacks on Michele Bachmann and her family by the gay left have absolutely nothing to do with gay rights. In fact, these attacks have little to do with Congresswoman Bachmann or what her [sic] or her husband believes. The truth is that they are nothing more than part and parcel of an orchestrated effort by the left to destroy the Tea Party.

Seriously, Chris?!?

Truth Wins Out’s recent investigation exposed the Minnesota clinic co-owned by Michele and Marcus Bachmann by confirming that it offers morally, spiritually, and scientifically bankrupt “ex-gay therapy.” We went public with the story because it illustrated the depth of Congresswoman Bachmann’s anti-LGBT views. TWO felt that American voters deserved to know that a candidate for the presidency of the United States is intimately tied to an extremist, voodoo “therapy” that not only falsely promises to “pray away the gay,” but also harms people by increasing their chances of depression and suicide.

We didn’t go after the Bachmann clinic because our megalomaniacal liberal overlords bid us do so in an attempt to cripple the Tea Party. TWO is actually a nonpartisan organization; we go after extremists without regard to political affiliation. (Remember Crackpot Kim?) No, destroying the Tea Party had nothing to do with it. We went after Marcus and Michele Bachmann because:

1.) They wrongly believe LGBT people can “pray away the gay”
2.) They make money by falsely promising the same
3.) So-called “ex-gay therapy” is ineffective and harms people
4.) The Bachmann clinic receives state and federal funding despite these dubious practices
5.) Michele Bachmann wants to be President of the United States, and we want voters across America to know more about her archaic and extremist anti-LGBT beliefs.

That’s it, Chris. It has everything to do with LGBT rights and nothing to do with bringing down the Tea Party. Nice try though.

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Bil WoodJuly 28, 2011 at 12:08 pm -

So are the Koch Bros or the Bachmann’s funding GOProud? Who are these idiots? I keep seeing who gets added to that advisory board and I truly think this is nothing more than some kind of PR front for the GOP so they can say at some point SEE WE DO NOT HATE GAY PEOPLE……Something is fishy with this group. I have heard some of these board members speak and wonder how in the hell they became members of this group.

Bil WoodJuly 28, 2011 at 12:10 pm -

BTW someone needs to tell Chris to stop crying. The Tea Party is not being destroyed by the gay left, They are destroying themselves from the inside out.

IF the Tea Party can’t stand up to your investigation of the husband of ONE TPer, then it is already WAY beyond FUBAR.

Or maybe the Gay Barbarian glitter bombs are what’s going to knock the whole thing down.

As for One L., she wants to be PotUS. Are people supposed to wrap her in cotton lest she break under the pressure of increased scruitiny and questions she doesn’t want to answer*?

Whatever. Chrissy Fit once again proves the Rugged Individualism of the ReaLAMEricans is a tissue-thin false front covering a bunch of WATBs.

*NOT talking about the migraine thing, which I think is trivial, IF it is true at all.

Priya LynnJuly 28, 2011 at 12:24 pm -

Hunger, I think the migrain thing is relevant. I often get moderate headaches that last 3 or 4 days, it certainly affects my ability to perform.

GianniJuly 28, 2011 at 12:56 pm -

So there might be collateral damage to the Tea Party by criticizing Mr. and Mrs. Bachmann? And this is a bad thing? Well, I won’t mind at all. Tea Partiers seem to me to be nothing more than an angry crowd lashing out unthinkingly at whatever they don’t politically like. Give me common sense and the full use of the thinking parts of our brains. I have to wonder if Michele and Marcus have full use of the aforementioned parts. AND it’s obvious that GOProud doesn’t.

GewJuly 28, 2011 at 2:23 pm -

Mr Barron reminds me of a neighborhood dog that barks maniacally at anyone who walks by the fenced yard.

He’s all knee jerk and Pavlovian and the content of his statements are indeed, as salient as a dog’s actual vocalizations. That is to say, mere noise.

DanielJuly 28, 2011 at 5:25 pm -

I keep expecting Chris Barron to come out as ex-gay.

Richard RushJuly 28, 2011 at 5:37 pm -

The one really great thing about GOProud is that they enabled the Log Cabin Republicans to be rid of the nutjobs.

Richard RushJuly 28, 2011 at 5:49 pm -

It’s always fun to watch ideological purity-seekers eat their own. I wonder how long it will take for some disgruntled GOProuders to decide the group is too liberal, and then form a new group named GOPure.

Nick K.July 28, 2011 at 5:54 pm -

“The truth is that they are nothing more than part and parcel of an orchestrated effort by the left to destroy the Tea Party.”

Seriously? Is Mr. Barron aware that the destruction of the Tea Party needs no help from TWO or any left-leaning organization? The Tea Party is doing a fine job all on its own of destroying itself. Their candidates have not been in power for more than a few months and already voters are having buyer’s remorse. The Tea Party is a disgrace to American democracy. Our founding fathers (and mothers) would hang their heads in shame at their rallies. But given many of Mr. Barron’s previous political statements, this recent rant does not surprise me.

Scott RoseJuly 28, 2011 at 6:59 pm -

For me, the worst torture in the world would be to get locked in a tower with a gay Republican.

CharlesJuly 28, 2011 at 7:09 pm -

I believe that it is in our countries best interest that the Tea Party is destroyed. They will not be happy until our country reverts back to a time when only white males were allowed to vote.

JohnJuly 28, 2011 at 8:57 pm -

Bachmann is a presidential candidate and, as such, does not get treated with kid gloves. I don’t see how GOProud can support anybody who would without thought deny their right to exist. If they think the Tea Party is going to accommodate, let alone accept, them, they are living on a different planet.

Peter HargmierJuly 29, 2011 at 6:23 am -

The Tea Party are simply pseudo-McCarthy-ite paranoics petrified of the imagined spectre of socialism (because it’s wholly ‘un-Amurcan’) and who dont like the idea of a progressive black president.

They fall into the Glenn Beck myre, the one where if you beleive in health care for the poor, then are a Trotsky loving, Stalin worshiping, dyed-in-the-wool Red Commie Marxist who would like nothing more than to see Americans all wearing the same clothes and driving Lada’s.

Only Idiots deal in absolutes, and that is what most of these people are.

JeremiahAJuly 29, 2011 at 10:37 am -

So the scandal was that a Christian clinic offers Christian counseling? By a licensed clinic with trained professionals?

Is it helpful at all to be coming across as anti-aid, anti-therapy, and anti-Christian?

The scandal was obviously that Marcus Bachmann blatantly lied about the fact his clinic engages in “ex-gay” therapy. He said it did not occur — we proved that it did.

Seriously, how s**t-stupid are you and do you think you help your cause by revealing yourself to be an ignoramus?

You have to be one of the dumbest trolls we’ve had on this site in several months, if not years.

Peter HargmierJuly 29, 2011 at 11:48 am -

Jerry A,

I do love reading your posts. I find intense idiocy SUCH a turn-on.
What say you and I get together for a bit of willfully ignorant bigotry and some inappropriate fondling? Perhaps we could make sweet, sweet Santorum together? (Oh, Jerry, YES!)

Yours forever.

P.H. xxx

AlecJuly 29, 2011 at 12:17 pm -

Astroturf.

keithJuly 29, 2011 at 1:50 pm -

Chris, just go back to the gym and spend the afternoon in the steamroom. Stay away from the’net and put the iPhone away. If you keep defending the idiots people are going to think you’re an idiot – Oh I guess it’s too late.

Ben In OaklandJuly 29, 2011 at 2:32 pm -

Jeremiah– I’d still ike an answer to my question. It’s not a difficult one, and since your are such a believer, you should have no problem announcing why you are here.

It might even give you a bid of credibility with those you wish to convince of your truthiness.

Scott AmundsenJuly 30, 2011 at 12:08 pm -

And I should take the word of someone from GOProud why? Self-loathing rich white closet queens who are more interested in the health of their stock portfolios than equality interest me not at all.

I am sorry but I do not know if Marcus Bachmann specifically used the words “ex-gay therapy,” so I will have to take your word for it that he lied. (Maybe Bachmann’s quote appears somewhere else on this site?)

As for “troll,” I had to look the word up. I am not here to fight with anyone, as you can see by my lack of replies, especially to ridicule. I commented, suggested, and asked questions because I thought this site was for open discussion, like The Huffington Post and CNN.

So if I may, I would like to offer two suggestions for this site:
One, please have a page listing the rules for comments so that people can be aware that viewpoints not in line with yours will not be tolerated. This will prevent wasting your time and theirs.

Two, please consider an e-mail alert system so that people can respond in a timely manner to replies to their comments. Again, this is only if you wish to have an open discussion site.

Thank you.

JeremiahAJuly 31, 2011 at 2:58 am -

Dear db,

Well, I do not have all the details so I will take your word that he lied, though it may be a case of a difference in use of terms, like “ex-gay therapy” as opposed to “Sexual Orientation Change Efforts” which I’ve learned the American Psychological Association seems to use.

Priya LynnJuly 31, 2011 at 11:31 am -

Jeremiah said “Two, please consider an e-mail alert system so that people can respond in a timely manner to replies to their comments. Again, this is only if you wish to have an open discussion site.”.

I go to one site that does that, its pretty annoying. I prefer to check for responses at my leisure rather than having them shoved in my face if I choose to stop responding.

Jeremiah said “Well, I do not have all the details so I will take your word that he lied, though it may be a case of a difference in use of terms, like “ex-gay therapy” as opposed to “Sexual Orientation Change Efforts” which I’ve learned the American Psychological Association seems to use.”.

Those two terms refer to the same thing.

dbJuly 31, 2011 at 4:49 pm -

Jeremiah, he stated that his office didn’t do reparative therapy and yet that is exactly what they tried to do, and other clients have also confirmed this. You can go on denying that this is a lie but it’s not. You stated you don’t knowall the facts (this is obvious). You should do a little research before you come on these sites and say uninformed things.

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